About the author

Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier

Historian

Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier was a British historian known for his influential analysis of British political history and the role of individuals in shaping events.

All quotes by Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier →

Same author

More quotes by Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier

See all →

"Historical research to this day remains unorganized, and the historian is expected to make his own instruments or do without them; and so with wooden ploughs we continue to draw lonely furrows, most successfully when we strike sand."

Read quote